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Volume XIII, Number 167 13th Waning of Tawthalin 1367 ME Friday, 30 September, 2005

Established 1914

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

Yangon Command’s farm eyes increasing output

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectivesFour political objectives Four social objectives

YANGON, 29 Sept

— Chairman of Yangon

Division Peace and De-

velopment Council Com-

mander of Yangon Com-

mand Maj-Gen Myint

Swe this evening in-

spected the fish farm of

Yangon Command in

Mingaladon Township

and urged officials to

make efforts to increase

farm produce year by

year.

An in-charge of the

farm reported to the com-

mander on the fish breed-

ing in 932.4 acres of

ponds and raising of pigs,

cows, broilers and layers.

Arrangements are being

made for extended farm-

ing. There are 932.4 acres

of fish ponds and over

2,000 layers, 450 pigs and

135 cows are kept.

Afterwards, the

commander went to No 1

Farm of the command in

Insein Township and in-

spected hatching of eggs

and raising of broilers.

An in-charge of

the farm reported to the

commander that a total of

21,900 broilers are bred,

and so far 4,5241.75 viss

of chicken have been sold

from the farm.

Yangon Command

to breeds farms 21,900

broilers, over 15,200 lay-

ers, 503 pigs and 2.6 mil-

lion fish, and sells the

farm produce directly to

the public at reasonable

prices at tax-free markets.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe inspects the fish farm of Yangon Command. — MNA

The Union of Myanmar practices an active and independent foreign

policy guided by the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence. Subscribing to

the principles and purposes embodied in the Charter it became a member state

of the United Nations soon after regaining independence in 1948 and consid-

ers the organization as a fundamental pillar of its foreign policy. Myanmar

gives special emphasis to its relations with its neighbours cooperating closely

in the political, diplomatic, economic and social fields. It has joined and is

working diligently in organizations such as ASEAN and BIMSTEC for re-

gional peace, security and development.

Myanmar is a union of over a hundred national races. The people of

Myanmar have inherited a civilization of over 2000 years. Over a hundred

years under British colonial rule constituted fertile breeding grounds for the

sowing of distrust among the national races by the colonizer. The resultant

internal insurgency plagued the country from the dawn of independence until

recently draining an already war ravaged economy and hindering the normal

process of development.

The Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) was compelled to assume

State responsibility in 1988 as the country had drifted to an anarchic situa-

tion and towards total disintegration. It was only through much effort that

community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and order could be

restored.

(See page 9)

In stark contrast to actual positive situation in Myanmar, apessimistic report commissioned by Mr Vaclav Havel and

Bishop Desmond M Tutu was announced

YANGON, 29 Sept — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today issued a statement concerning report of Mr Vaclav Havel Tu Tu and Bishop Desmond TuTu entitled “Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma”. The following is the full text of the statement:

Myanmar poised at threshold of new era

It portrays Myanmar in most negative light

It is yet another attempt to discredit Myanmar Govt

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 30 September, 2005

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireFriday, 30 September, 2005

Work hard for increasedagricultural production

Myanmar being an agricultural country,the majority of its population are peasants andthey live in rural areas. Therefore, the govern-ment is striving for development of agricultureand higher social and economic status of ruralpeople by making the most of aquatic and ter-restrial resources and rendering all the neces-sary assistance to them.

Sufficient water supply is the most fun-damental requirement for agricultural devel-opment. This being the case, measures are be-ing taken to meet this requirement.

New dams, reservoirs and river waterpumping stations are being built and under-ground water resources tapped especially in theregions where water is scarce. As a result, sea-sonal crops can be grown all the year roundand plantations of perennials have emerged allover the nation.

The Nyaunggon Dam constructed by theMinistry of Agriculture and Irrigation inMeiktila Township, Mandalay Division, wasinaugurated on 24 September. It is the 178th ofthe dams that have been built since 1988 andthe 45th in Mandalay Division.

Meiktila District is in the dry and aridzone and therefore dams are being built andunderground water resources tapped not onlyfor agricultural and drinking purposes but alsofor greening the Meiktila plains.

In the past, monsoon paddy and sesamumcould be grown on altogether 242 acres of fivevillage-tracts around the Nyaunggon dam andsummer paddy on 112 acres only. But now, withthe emergence of the new dam, monsoon paddycan be grown on 375 acres and summer paddyon 200 acres.

The Nyaunggon Dam will also serve assupport dam to supply water to the MeiktilaDam.

The result is that not only will the towns-people of Meiktila have a sufficient supply ofdrinking water but acres of farmland will alsobe irrigated.

We would like to call on the localauthorities and peasants to work in concertto boost agricultural production by makingthe effective use of water supplied by the new

dam.

PERSPECTIVES

Cash donated to Ministry ofReligious Affairs

YANGON, 29 Sept — For the promotion and

propagation of Theravada Buddha Sasana, Daw Hla

Kyi of Yangon Bodh Gaya Pilgrimage donated

1.5 million to the Ministry of Religious Affairs

and K 300,000 to State Parayatti Sasana University

(Mandalay) at the meeting hall of the ministry this

morning.

Present on the occasion were Minister for Reli-

gious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Deputy

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko, Director-General

of the Religious Affairs Department U Myo Kyaw,

Director-General of the Department for Promotion

and Propagation of the Sasana Dr Myo Myint and

officials.

Director of Bodh Gaya Pilgrimage Group

(Yangon) U Htein Lin explained the purpose of dona-

tion and handed the cash donation to the minister.

MNA

Minister for Cooperatives receivesBangladeshi Ambassador

Talks on cardiac disease given

Dance, dramaand music

show on 1, 2October

Latest construction technologies introduced

YANGON, 29 Sept — The State Peace and De-

velopment Council has confirmed the appointment

of Rector of Panglong University U Tha Oo of

the Higher Education Department(Upper

Myanmar) under the Ministry of Education from

the expiry of one-year probationary period.

MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

YANGON, 29 Sept —

Minister for Cooperatives

Col Zaw Min received

Bangladeshi Ambassador

to Myanmar Mr

Khairuzzaman at the

ministry on Bogyoke

Aung San Street yester-

day afternoon.

Also present at the

call were Director-Gen-

eral of the Cooperatives

Department U Soe Win,

Director-General of Cot-

tage Industries Depart-

ment U Sein Than, Man-

aging Director of Coop-

eratives Export and Im-

port Enterprise U Hla

Moe and officials.

MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept —

To mark World Heart Day,

organized by Health

Working Group (branch)

of Social and Cultural

Working Group of

Myanmar Women Affairs

Federation, talks on car-

diac disease were given at

health museum in

Sangyoung Township this

evening.

Leader of Health

Working Group

(branch) Dr Daw Khin

Than Oo extended greet-

ings. Cardiologist Dr

Daw Nwe Nwe of

Yangon General Hospi-

tal then gave talks on

cardiac disease.

Doctors carried out

cardiac diagnostic tests on

WAO members.

Dr Daw Khin Than

Oo presented gifts to Car-

diologists Dr Myint Soe

Win and Dr Daw Nwe

Nwe.

MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept —

Seminar on Degussa

Construction System or-

ganized by Suntac

Technologies was held

today at MICT Park in

Hline Township.

Regional Business

Manager Mr Richard Tan

and Product Manager Mr

William Neo of Degussa

Construction Chemical

based in Singapore

briefed on latest construc-

tion technologies — wa-

terproofing, flooring,

grooting and repairs. They

answered the queries

raised by those present.

According to officials, the

Degussa Construction

System enables the con-

struction companies to

meet the challenge of con-

struction technology.

MNA

Date forsending

manuscripts

YANGON, 29 Sept —

Hailing the 13th

Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing Arts

Competitions, the artistes

of Fines Arts Depart-

ment, University of

Culture, Myanmar

Motion Picture Asiayon,

Myanmar Music Asiayon

and Myanmar Thabin

Asiayon are going to

stage a show at National

Theatre on 1 and 2 Octo-

ber.

At the show, the

artistes will present with

dance, drama and music.

MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept —

The latest date for send-

ing manuscripts of na-

tional motto, literary and

photo competition in the

dailies issued on 29 Sep-

tember, is 30 September

instead of 30 October.

MNA

Cooperatives Minister Col Zaw Min receives Bangladeshi AmbassadorKhairuzzaman. — MNA

Semina on Degussa Construction Systemin progress. — MNA

In memory of late parents U Soe Myint-Daw Hla Kyi,U Myat Maw and Jane family donated K 140,600 to

the medical trust fund of Hninzigon Home for the Agedthrough Joint-Treasurer U Maung Maung Gyi

recently.H

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 30 September, 2005 3

�� ASEAN Biodiversity Centre launched in Manila MANILA , 28 Sept — A regional biodiversity centre was established on Tuesday in Manila as the

awareness of promoting and protecting biodiversity increases in Southeast Asia.

As a result of a Financ-

ing Agreement between

the European Commission

(EC) and the Association

of South-East Asian Na-

tions (ASEAN) signed in

April, the six-million-euro

(406.56-million-peso)

ASEAN Centre for

Biodiversity (ACB) was

officially launched with

the aim to strengthen the

capacities of the ASEAN

members to formulate and

coordinate biodiversity-

related policy, strategy and

action.

Luc Vandebon, acting

head of delegation of the

European Commission to

the Philippines, said at the

launching ceremony that

the centre will help to

fulfil relevant treaty obli-

gations, as well as to pro-

mote and advance com-

mon positions on matters

related to biodiversity con-

servation, management

and sustainable use of

natural resources.

He said that EC sup-

port to the centre reflects

their strong commitment

to biodiversity conserva-

tion.

"The EC has been in-

volved in efforts to protect

the natural heritage in Eu-

rope for the past 30 years.

Biodiversity is also a pri-

ority of our development

cooperation strategy

worldwide. The EC con-

tribution to ACB also

contributes to strengthen

our partnership with

ASEAN," he said.

With the EC and

ASEAN members' sup-

port, ACB will be able to

enhance policy collabora-

tion on biodiversity in

the ASEAN region to

strengthen the institutional

capacity on regional and

global biodiversity issues

and to boost public aware-

ness in the region of

biodiversity issues, values

and conservation needs,

Vandebon added.

He noted the immense

importance of the South-

east Asia to the global

biodiversity since it con-

tains the natural habitats of

up to 40 per cent of all

species on Earth.

"The diversity of

ASEAN biodiversity is as-

tonishing. A single small

tropical forest patch in

ASEAN, covering just a

couple of hundreds of hec-

tares may support more

endemic bird and mammal

species than there are the

whole of the Netherlands,

Belgium and Germany

combined," he said.

Indonesia, for instance,

alone is considered as one

of the world's most bio-

logically diverse country

in the world that includes

25 per cent of the world's

fish species, according to

the EC delegation head.

In the Philippines, more

new species of plants and

animals are described

every year than in any other

country in the world, while

Brunei alone hosts at least

480 species of butterflies,

compared to the only 440

species in Europe, he said.

Vandebon also warned

that the flora and fauna of

the region are increasingly

threatened as annually

ASEAN loses 1 per cent of

its forest cover, a percent-

age four times higher than

the world average.

MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia to host WorldRoute Development Forum

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Sept — Malaysia has wonthe bid to host the World Route Development Fo-rum 2008, the global airport-airline networkingevent.

Wild fire rages South Africa JOHANNESBURG, 28 Sept — Firefighters continued to battle blazes across

South Africa on Tuesday with costs mounting and farmers asking to havetheir farms declared emergency areas.

“Reuters” slams US forhampering journalists in Iraq

LONDON, 28 Sept — The US military's conduct towards journalists in Iraq,including their increasing detention and accidental shootings, is hamperingthe media's ability to cover the war, Reuters international news agency com-plained in a letter to a US senator.

The news agency com-

plained of "a long parade

of disturbing incidents

whereby professional jour-

nalists have been killed,

wrongfully detained and or

illegally abused by US

forces in Iraq", in the letter

to Virginia Republican

Senator, John Warner, head

of the US Senate Armed

Services Committee.

Reuters also slammed

the Pentagon for failing to

safeguard journalists cov-

ering the conflict, describ-

ing the situation as "spiral-

ling out of control".

Senator Warner was

urged to call upon US Sec-

retary of Defence Donald

Rumsfeld to resolve the is-

sues "in a way that best

balances the legitimate se-

curity interests of US

forces in Iraq and equally

legitimate rights of jour-

nalists in conflict zones

under international law".

The increasingly risky

conditions journalists were

forced to work in limited

their "abilities to do their

jobs" and created "a seri-

ous chilling effect on the

media overall", the letter

said.

Reuters also accused

US forces of "unduly pre-

venting US citizens from

receiving information...

and undermining the very

freedoms the US says it is

seeking to foster every day

that it commits US lives

and US dollars".

According to Report-

ers Without Borders, 68

journalists and media

workers have been killed

in the Iraq conflict since

March 2003.—Internet

Car bomb hits convoy incentral Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 28 Sept — A car bomb went off in Nidhal

Square in central Baghdad on Tuesday, targeting a

convoy of sport utility vehicles (SUV) usually used by

foreign security contractors, wounding five Iraqi civil-

ians, police said.

"A booby-trapped vehicle parking on the side of a

road in Nidhal Square was detonated as a convoy of

SUVs passed by," Captain Ahmed Abdullah told

Xinhua. "There were no reports of casualties among the

foreigners, but five civilians were wounded and seve-

ral cars damaged," Abdullah said.— MNA/Xinhua

Working on Fire (WOF) spokes-

woman Val Charlton said, "We have no

resources left. We are stretched to the

full."

WOF had 29 teams of 22 people each

in the field across the country and many

were working with hand tools to make

sure there were no live embers.

Charlton said a small fire was burning

in Hebron in Mpumalanga Province but

it was expected that the fire would burn

itself out.

A fire at Mac in the province was

contained as was a fire at Duga Duga.

Firefighters were on full alert in

Mpumalanga as the province was ex-

pecting strong winds and hot weather on

Tuesday.

KwaZulu-Natal, where fires have also

been raging, was expected to have cooler

weather on Tuesday which was a relief

for firefighters.

On Monday, a six-year-old girl,

Bonakele Ngema, died in a fire in a house

in the province. She was trapped while

seeking refuge from a roaring blaze which

bore down on her in Mntanenkosi reserve.

Prisoners had to be evacuated from

Mbazwana Police Station to Emanguzi

Police Station in KwaZulu-Natal while

policemen used buckets of water to fight

a forest fire threatening the building. Three

vehicles were burnt out.

Free State province Agriculture have

requested that farmlands ravaged by fires

in areas including Senekal be declared an

emergency area.

The fire, which started outside the park

last Tuesday, took two days to bring under

control, he said. It destroyed about 5,000

hectares to 6,000 hectares of forest.

Most of the fires started at the week-

end. Hot, dry and windy conditions across

the country have created the perfect con-

ditions for fires.

MNA/Xinhua

An Iraqi boy walks to school passing by a burning US military vehicle, inBaghdad, Iraq, on 29 Sept, 2005.—INTERNET

Candidates to be the first Malaysian astronaut wave national flags after passinga test in Kuantan, 300 km (186 miles) east of Kuala Lumpur, in this picture

taken recently.—INTERNET

Malaysia Airports

(MA) beat three other ri-

vals Singapore, Bangkok

and Beijing airports, thus

enabling Malaysia to be-

come the first Asian coun-

try to host the annual fo-

rum, local media reported

on Tuesday.

Malaysian Airports

on Tuesday signed the

agreement with Routes,

the event organizer, in Co-

penhagen, capital of Den-

mark.

“We are very pleased

to have achieved the

rights to host this world

event and I believe this

will be an excellent plat-

form for Malaysia Air-

ports to fast-track our

marketing efforts to attract

more new airlines to offer

their services to Kuala

Lumpur International Air-

port (KLIA),” MA Man-

aging Director Bashir

Ahmad was quoted as

saying by Malaysian me-

dia reports.

MNA/Xinhua


�� No one can say if warming

had caused “Katrina”, “Rita” WASHINGTON , 28 Sept — Scientists say it is not easy to tell if global warming

caused hurricanes Katrina and Rita but on Monday they forecast moreunpredictable weather as Earth gets hotter.

Even skeptics agree

that global warming is

underway and that human

activity is at least in part

responsible. Climate ex-

perts also agree that this

warming is likely to make

the weather more extreme

— colder in some places,

hotter in others, with

droughts and severe rain-

storms both more com-

mon.

"Global warming, I

think, is playing a role in

the hurricanes," said

Kevin Trenberth, a senior

scientist at the National

Center for Atmospheric

Research in Boulder,

Colorado.

"But a lot of what is

going on is natural. What

global warming may be

doing is making them

somewhat more intense,"

said Trenberth, a member

of the UN Intergovern-

mental Panel on Climate

Change.

James Elsner, profes-

sor of geography at Florida

State University, agreed.

"Certainly this is an

unusual season," he said

in a telephone interview.

"However, the question of

attribution I don't think is

very simple."

Katrina slammed into

southern Louisiana and

Mississippi on 29 August,

wiping out entire towns,

triggering the devastating

flooding of New Orleans

and causing more than

1,000 deaths. Then on

Saturday along came Rita,

which briefly hit Category

5 strength with winds

higher than 155 miles per

hour before dropping

Category 3 by the time it

hit the Texas-Louisiana

coast. "We have seen unu-

sual seasons in the past

and so we understand that

we tend to see more strong

storms when the Atlantic

Ocean temperatures are

warmer, which has been

the case in the last 10 years

or so," Elsner said.

"It was warm in the

1940s and '50s and we

saw lots of strong storms

during that period."

MNA/Reuters

Straw sees ‘more dark moments’ahead in Iraq

BRIGHTON , 28 Sept — Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has warned of "moredark moments" in Iraq, but insisted that Britain would remain so long as ithas the consent of the Iraqi people.

Suicide carbomb hits

policecheckpointin northern

Iraq BAGHDAD, 29 Sept

— A suicide car bomb

struck a police checkpoint

in the northern Iraqi city

of Baquba on the main

road leading to Baghdad

on Wednesday, killing a

civilian and wounding 13

people including eight

policemen, an Interior

Ministry source said.

“A suicide bomber

rammed his explosive-

laden vehicle into several

police vehicles forming a

mobile checkpoint on an

intersection of main roads

in Baquba,” the source

told Xinhua. The blast killed a

civilian and wounded 13

people including eight

policemen, the source

said, adding that several

police and civilian cars

were also damaged in the

attack. — MNA/Xinhua

Gunmen kidnapEgyptian in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 28 Sept —

An Egyptian man was kid-

napped by unidentified

gunmen in Baghdad on

Monday, police said.

They said he was travel-

ling in a black BMW with

an Iraqi friend when

gunmen opened fire, took

the Egyptian away and left

the Iraqi behind. Police

quoted the Iraqi as saying

the kidnapped man was

working for the Egyptian-

owned mobile phone com-

pany Iraqna, which oper-

ates in Iraq. However, an

Iraqna spokesman said he

was not on its staff.

Speaking a day after

Prime Minister Tony Blair

ruled out an imminent

British withdrawal from

Iraq, Straw reasserted that

"we were right" to join the

United States in the March

2003 invasion that over-

threw Saddam Hussein's

regime.

With elections sched-

uled for December, and an

insurgency raging on,

Straw told the annual con-

ference of Britain's gov-

erning Labour Party that

"we can expect more dark

moments".

"None of us should un-

derestimate the challenges

that still lie ahead in Iraq,"

he said on Wednesday.

"Nation-building from a

violent past has never been

easy."

He cited the example

of Germany, where it

took four years after the

end of World War II in

Europe before a post-

Nazi government could

be elected.

There are currently

KATHMANDU , 28 Sept— An international moun-taineering team have begun a cleaning campaign ofMount (Mt) Annapurna, the 10th tallest peak in theworld at 8091 metres, the mountaineering teamsaid here on Tuesday.

LONDON, 28 Sept— British regulators chastised the BBC on Tuesday,saying the publicly-funded broadcaster was "seriously misguided" for airinga radio programme that opened with an elderly woman reeling off a longstring of profanities.

After a brief warn-

ing about strong lan-

guage, the Radio 1 pro-

gramme on punk culture,

which aired at 7 pm on

16 June, began: "Hello

ladies, boys and girls, I

thought that you might

like to know — in the

spirit of punk rock —

the following show in-

cludes, what we often re-

fer to as language. So if,

like me, you are of-

fended by such words

and phrases as (a list of

13 offensive words)

then you might wish to

turn over, or **** off.

Thank you".

British media regu-

lator Ofcom ruled that

the profanity "was

clearly intended to be

ironic and provide

a humorous introduc-

tion to the programme",

but noted that liste-

ners aged 4 to 14 make

up 14 per cent of the

Radio 1 audience at

that hour.

MNA/Reuters

BBC programme bashed for airingprofanities

Mountaineers kick offMt Annapurna cleaning

campaign

"The team, compris-

ing 22 South Koreans, two

Japanese and a French-

man, led by the veteran

South Korean mountain-

eer Han Wang-yong, will

continue clearing garbage

till 5 October, from the

base camp and the sur-

rounding areas of the

Annapurna range," the

team said in a Press state-

ment. "I lead this cam-

paign with the objective

of handing over the beauty

of nature to the coming

generations in its original

form," the statement

quoted Han, leader of the

campaign, as saying.

The collected garbage

will be brought down to

the base camp where bio-

degradable wastes will be

burnt while non-biode-

gradable materials will be

disposed of.

Han's Mt Annapurna

Cleaning Campaign is part

of an ambitious project to

clean up all 14 Himalayan

peaks above 8,000 metres

in the world, the Press

statement said.

Han, the 11th moun-

taineer to scale all 14 peaks

above 8,000 metres, led a

similar international team

in October 2003 to clean-

up Mt Everest, Mt

Manaslu and Mt

Dhaulagiri as well as Mt

Kanchangjunga.

MNA/Xinhua

MNA/Reuters

A visitor to the International Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition 2005 triesto mount 'Chair Rider,' an electric driving support device, to his wheelchair in

Tokyo on 28 Sept , 2005. —INTERNET

US soldiers walk past the scene of a suicide bomb attack in the northern Iraqicity of Tal Afar on 28 September , 2005.—INTERNET

8,500 British troops

deployed mainly in

southern Iraq, around

the city of Basra.

Internet

Don’tSmoke


37th ASEAN Economic Ministersmeeting opens in Laos

VIENTIANE , 28 Sept— The 37th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)meeting kicked off here on Wednesday, centring on specific measures torealize the ASEAN Economic Community by 2020 and the ASEAN FreeTrade Area (AFTA), accelerate the establishmentof free trade areas with the10-member block's partners, and lure more foreign direct investment insideand outside the regional grouping.

Economic ministers

from members of the

Association of South-

East Asian Nations

(ASEAN) are expected

to explore ways of speed-

ing up regional economic

integration and coopera-

tion, especially the re-

alization of the ASEAN

Economic Community

by 2020, the AFTA by

2015, as well as negotia-

tions for free trade areas

between ASEAN and

such partners as China,

Japan, South Korea and

India.

They are likely to re-

view the progress of car-

rying out the Framework

Agreement for the Inte-

gration of Priority Sec-

tors and its protocols

inked in November

2004, a milestone in

ASEAN economic co-

operation.

The 10 ASEAN

countries have agreed to

remove tariffs on 85 per

cent of the products in

the 11 priority sectors,

namely agro-based pro-

duct, air travel, electron-

ics, e-ASEAN, fishery,

healthcare, tourism, tex-

tile and apparel, rubber-

based product, automo-

tive product and wood-

based product, by 2007

for Brunei, Indonesia,

Malaysia, the Philip-

pines, Singapore and

Thailand (ASEAN-6),

and 2012 for Cambodia,

Laos, Myanmar and

Vietnam (CLMV).

These deadlines are

three years earlier than

the deadlines of 2010 for

the ASEAN-6 and 2015

for the CLMV under the

AFTA which has been

realized effectively.

MNA/Xinhua

Police killSharm el-Sheikhbombing suspect

CAIRO , 29 Sept

— Egyptian police

on Wednesday shot

dead a man suspected

of deadly attacks on the

Red Sea resort of Sharm

el-Sheikh, the Interior

Ministry said in a state-

ment.

Moussa Mohamed

Salem Badran, 27-year-

old man, refused to sur-

render and was killed in

an exchange of fire with

the police in the Mount

Halal area in northern Si-

nai Peninsular, according

to the statement.

Police then found

two hand grenades, a pis-

tol and an automatic

weapon with him.

“Badran played a

prominent role in prepar-

ing and carrying out the

Sharm el-Sheikh attacks,”

said the statement.

A string of deadly

bombings rocked Sharm

el-Sheikh on 23 July,

killing at least 64

people, including foreign

tourists.

Egyptian security

forces have since then

launched a massive man-

hunt in Sinai Peninsular.

MNA/Xinhua

Japan may pull troops out of Iraq next yearTOKYO , 29 Sept — The Japanese Government is considering pulling its 600 troops out of Iraq in the

first half of next year, the national daily Yomiuri Shimbun said on Thursday, but the government deniedit had such a plan.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has al-

ready approved an extension of the troops’ current

mandate, which expires on 14 December.

Japan’s dispatch of military personnel, first ap-

proved in 2003, helped cement close ties between

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and US President

George W Bush, though the troops’ activities are

limited to humanitarian and reconstruction activities

under Japan’s pacifist Constitution.

Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet secretary denied

the report.

“The government is aware of the report. But there

is no truth to the statement that it is considering such

a plan,” Seiken Sugiura told a news conference.

The Yomiuri said Tokyo was considering the exit

plan as Iraq prepares for an October referendum on a

new Constitution.

Hopes that the adoption of the Constitution would

improve security in Iraq were dampened this week by

a report from the International Crisis Group released in

London, saying the rushed approval process had deep-

ened sectarian rifts.

But the main factor in deciding Japan’s with-

drawal strategy may be decisions made by Britain and

Australia, whose troops provide security for the Japa-

nese in southern Iraq.

Japanese officials have said it would be difficult

for its troops to maintain security around their base in

the southern Iraqi town of Samawa without back-up,

the paper said.

The Yomiuri report said both Britain and Aus-

tralia have told Tokyo they plan to withdraw from Iraq

next year. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has

dismissed mounting calls to set a timetable for with-

drawal of British forces, saying they will remain until

local forces can maintain security.

The top US general in Iraq on Wednesday cast

doubt on his previous forecasts of a substantial cut in

American forces in 2006, saying Iraq was in a period

of heightened uncertainty that made it “too soon to

tell” if troops could be brought home. — MNA/Reuters

Iran fears winteringwildfowl will bring

bird flu T EHERAN , 28 Sept— Iran is bracing for a

probable bird flu outbreak, although no birdshave so far been found contaminated withthe H5N1 strain that is dangerous to hu-mans, a senior veterinary officer said onMonday.

Heavy rains halt foodsupply in western Nepal K ATHMANDU , 28 Sept— Heavy rainfall since

Saturday has halted food supply in many hillydistricts in mid and far-western Nepal, an officialof Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) said on Tues-day.

Heavy rains have

stopped the supply of food

materials from Nepalgunj

City of Banke District to

Surkhet District, which

has hindered the supplies

to other hilly districts, said

Dipak Kumar Lamshal,

chief of the NFC Bheri

zone office. The food ma-

terials to 12 hilly districts

in the mid and far-west re-

gions are delivered via

Nepalgunj. These districts

are Mugu, Humla, Jumla,

Dolpa, Kalikot, Bajura,

Bajhang, Dailekh, Rolpa,

Rukum, Jajarkot and

Surkhet. "Humla District

has run out of food in the

last few days," Lamshal

said. Out of the targeted

985,000 kilos of rice to be

sent to Jumla, only 153,900

kilos have been supplied.

Likewise, of 550,000 kilos

to be sent to Kalikot,

162,600 kilos have been

supplied, and only 165,300

kilos of 730,000 kilos have

been sent to Dolpa,

Lamshal said.

MNA/Xinhua

"We will most prob-

ably get the bird flu car-

ried by the millions of wild

birds that are on their way

to Iran," said Behrouz

Yasemi, spokesman for

Iran's veterinary autho-

rity.

Flocks of wild geese,

ducks and other water-

fowl winter among

northern Iran's wetlands

and lakes.

"We have warned

poultry farmers to fence

off their birds and stop

them mixing with wild

ones," Yasemi said.

"We have not found

the feared H5N1 strain of

flu virus among the 2,700

samples we have tested

so far," he added.

The veterinary au-

thority has requested that

every sick bird found be

sent for testing.

"We have not got it

yet, but we plan to be

prepared for it when it

arrives in our northern

provinces," he added.

Bird flu has killed 65

people in four Asian

countries since late 2003

and has been found in

birds in Russia and Eu-

rope. — MNA/Reuters

An Iraqi boy walks past a Jordanian Embassy vehicle destroyed by gunfire inwestern Baghdad on 28 September, 2005. —INTERNET

Residents check on their fishing ship in the rain in Thanh Hoa Province,about 150 km south of Hanoi, on 27 September, 2005.

INTERNET


MADRID , 28 Sept— A bomb exploded on Tuesday near an electricitysubstation in northeastern Spain after a warning in the name of Basqueseparatist group ETA, Spanish officials and media reported.

BANGKOK , 28 Sept— Thailand has been selected to host the 13th APECClean Fossil Energy Technical and Policy Seminar 2005 in the northernprovince of Lampang from 7-9 December, Thai News Agency reported onTuesday.

SALVADOR (Brazil), 28 Sept — China, a traditionaltea consumer, occupies a prominent place in thestrategy of the International Coffee Organization(ICO) to boost world coffee demand, ICO ExecutiveDirector Nestor Osorio said on Monday.

Though the consumption of coffee in China is

small, it already has reported an annual 15-per-cent

increase, well above the 2-per-cent growth in the

world, said Osorio at a Press conference here.

He said China's opening up has made the potential

of the coffee market evident.

"Naturally, we cannot think of China as a 1.2-

billion-consumer market.

Probably, the potential Chinese market for a product

like coffee would limit to 200 or 250 million people,"

said Osorio.

"Nonetheless, this means a market as big as that of

the United States, the main consumer in the world," he

said.

Since late 1980s, ICO has been analyzing the

possibilities of a vigorous Chinese coffee market.

Osorio said the strong growth of coffee consumption in

China has led all the multinational coffee firms to enter

China. "The future will be spectacular there," he said

MNA/Xinhua

COLOMBO , 28 Sept — An educational exhibition andchildren's carnival to mark the International Children'sDay will be held in Colombo from 30 September to3 October, Daily News reported on Tuesday.

The event which will be held under the theme "We

are the Future" is aimed at providing education and

entertainment to the younger generation and creating

awareness about children's rights, Sri Lankan

Information and Media Minister Dilan Perera was

quoted as saying.

"The Media Ministry is organizing this event for

the second time. Last year it proved to be a resounding

success. We expect to give our children an even better

experience through this year's carnival and exhibition,"

he said.

According to the report, Children's parks, children's

films, book exhibitions, mobile computer labs and

over 200 exhibition stalls of government and private

institutions will add colour to the event.

Speech, drama, arts, singing and gymnastic

competitions will also be held for school children

during the carnival, Perera added. — MNA/Xinhua

FORT HOOD (Texas),28

Sept— Lynndie England,

the US soldier pictured

holding a leash to a naked

Iraqi inmate at Abu Ghraib

prison in a scandal that

prompted global outrage,

was sentenced on Tuesday

to three years in prison

and given a dishonourable

discharge.

In sentencing testi-

mony just hours before,

England, who had faced a

maximum nine years

behind bars, apologized

for her actions and said

she remained an American

patriot.

"After the photos were

released, I've heard that

attacks were made on US

Armed Forces because of

them," she said.

"I apologize to

coalition forces and all

the families," England,

speaking slowly, told

the jury of five officers,

also apologizing to

"detainees, the families,

America and all the

soldiers".

England, 22, was

convicted on Monday of

abuse such as being

photographed pointing to

the genitals of a naked

Iraqi prisoner in a section

of the prison were the

administrative clerk did

not have any official

duties.— MNA/Reuters

Children exhibition,carnival to be held in

Sri Lanka

China expected to boostworld coffee consumption

Bomb explodesin northeastern Spain

Local officials said the bomb

exploded at 8 am (0600 GMT) at Anon

de Moncayo, near Zaragoza in

northeastern Spain.

There were no reports of any injuries

and officials said the electricity

substation was not currently in use.

The website of newspaper El Paissaid the Basque highway agency had

received several calls in the name of

ETA before the blast but there had been

confusion over where the bomb was

actually placed.

MNA/Reuters

Thailand to host APECmeeting on clean fossil energy

The meeting's goal is to build

confidence in using coal to produce

electricity without negative side effects

on the environment, and some new

applications using modern technology

for coal by-products will be introduced

to Thailand, the report said.

Some so-called "cutting edge"

technologies which may attract interest

here include gassification or the

processing of coal into a compressed gas

form to be fuel for electricity production.

The meeting will enable participants

the opportunity to see how such new

technologies can be practical part of the

nation's alternatives to manufacture

electricity, it said.

MNA/Xinhua

LynndieEnglandsentencedto threeyears

in prison

Malaysia says dengue feverbecoming epidemic

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Sept— Malaysia has warned that dengue fever is nearing an epidemic and joinedneighbour Singapore in declaring war on the deadly mosquito-borne virus.

Malaysians reported 752 cases of dengue fever last

week, 50 per cent more than were reported in the last

week of August, triggering emergency measures to

prevent the disease reaching epidemic proportions, a

senior health official said on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Health Minister Chua Soi Lek told

local media 1,000 reported cases per week would

constitute an epidemic. "If this trend continues, it will

not be long before it reaches 1,000 cases and an

epidemic is declared," he was quoted as saying.

The Health Ministry is redeploying mosquito

"search and destroy" teams nationwide to focus on hot

spots in mainly urban areas in the south, northwest and

around the capital, Kuala Lumpur, the deputy director

of disease control told Reuters. "We are mobilizing our people from the less-

priority areas to the higher-priority areas," Dr Marzukhi

Md Isa said, naming the worst-affected areas as the

southern city of Johor Baru, the tourist island of

Penang, Central Selangor State and the capital.

A total of 70 people have died in Malaysia of

dengue fever so far this year, slightly more than the 68

deaths reported for the same period last year, but the

number of reported cases is running 25 per cent ahead

of 2004, Health Ministry figures show.

An endemic viral disease in the tropics, dengue is

carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Symptoms

include fever, severe headache, joint and muscular

pains, vomitting and rashes.

A 26-year-old woman and her unborn twins be-

came the latest victims of Malaysia's outbreak last

weekend. In all of 2004, there were 102 deaths and

35,926 reported cases, Dr Marzukhi said.

MNA/Reuters

A model in a wheelchair is helped to roll in SanyoElectric Co’s bathing shell for disabled, ‘hirb,’ at

the International Home Care & RehabilitationExhibition 2005 in Tokyo on 28 Sept , 2005.

INTERNET

Xuang Xuang, a male panda, left, plays on the ground, as Lin Hui, right, afemale panda, eats a cake made of bamboo and carrots to celebrate her fourthbirthday at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai Province, 580 kilometres (360

miles) north of Bangkok, Thailand, on 28 Sept, 2005.—INTERNET


A tribute to our Senior Citizens

The 1st of October is designated as the “In-

ternational Day of Older Persons” — and here are

my felicitations to those Senior Citizens.

Until recent times, most people had died of

illness or infections, long before their senses became

inactive or their organs started to fail. Life expect-

ancy today, is however on the rise, due to better di-

ets, exercise, mental engagement, the advance in re-

generative medicines and the new pioneering sci-

ences of restoring human organs.

And as such, the number of Senior Citizens

seems to be burgeoning day by day. Accordingly, it

has been reckoned that, worldwide, the number of

people over 65, will approach nearly 600 million by

2015, and ultimately attain 2 billion by 2050 — and

the following data unquestionably lends credence to

it:-

Yenanmyay Ko Tin

(million) (% of total) % of GDP

1998 2015

Total Population Population above 65 Health expd

1998 2015 1996 - 1998

* World 5819.87 7040.40 6.8% 8.3% 5.6%

- High Income Countries 864.11 911.11 14.5% 18.2% 6.4%

- Medium Income Countries 1455.81 1740.20 6.6% 7.9% 3.2%

- Low Income Countries 3499.91 4389.05 5.0% 6.4% 0.8%

Category

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2000

And perhaps that adage “Life before sixty is

just a warm up”, is a symbol of the faith that those

Senior Citizens embrace. And what more, and since

many are denied the privilege of growing old, their

maxim, obviously, would be, We turn not older in

years—but newer everyday”.

But the silvering of the planet also has its nega-

tive impacts. The dwindling working age could lead

to labour shortages; the mushrooming elderly could

overburden social security systems — and most im-

portantly, an increase in the disability among elders

could cause severe strains to those involved. And in

such respects, a recent UN Report dubbed it on “the

greatest social challenge of the 21st century”.

It accordingly will be necessary for respec-

tive governments to enact appropriate “demographic

policies” to address the demographic imbalances —

and therein, the “fertility rates” of individual nations

occupy a pivotal role. Certain Census Bureaus con-

sider a fertility rate of 2.1% as the level at which a

population can replace itself —and it would be ad-

visable to ensure that the working age is replenished.

And meanwhile, the elderly continue to ex-

pand and due attention is being accorded to them.

The younger generation of all nations have been loyal

and dutiful to their elders with respect and devotion

— and all religions have contributed to the concepts.

Similarly, governments have assisted increasingly

in health-care, the establishment of Hospitals and

Nursing Homes and provision of safety nets.

At the same time, some consider the coming of

the “Silver World”, as one of history’s greatest op-

portunities for innovation and invention. The oppor-

tunities have sprung up in most of the rapidly aging

societies in Europe and Asia—and industries that for-

merly catered soley to youth are turning to Senior Citi-

zens. It ranges from housing to autos; robotics to con-

sumer electronics and cosmetics. And it is envisaged

that when one looks back in 2012, the year 2000 will

be likened to the year, when the aging planet unleashed

that new economic potential.

So Senior Citizens

— don’t entertain any worries. All angels are work-

ing in your farm. Scientists continue to probe for

a solution to make elderly life bearable

— and perhaps a 100 year life-span, may soon be

within the reach of every child, in future.

But at the same time, it is hghly important for

you to be able to find for yourself; maintain quality in

your lifestyle and don’t become an excessive burden

to your loved ones.

In fact, nations take pride in boasting about the

number of their aged population, and in particular oc-

togenarians and centenarians. And incidentally, it was

recently learnt that a Dutch lady, aged 115, and as

the oldest person in the world (comfirmed by the

In fact, nations take pride in

boasting about the number of

their aged population, and in par-

ticular octogenarians and cen-

tenarians. And incidentally, it was

recently learnt that a Dutch lady,

aged 115, and as the oldest per-

son in the world (comfirmed by

the Guiness World Records), died

peacefully in her sleep only on the

30th of August, 2005.

Guiness World Records), died peacefully in her sleep

only on the 30th of August, 2005.

And so, even if you are frail or elderly, don’t

use it as an excuse to remain a cauch potato. Keep

your body running at its best, by engaging in exer-

cises to enhance your strength, flexility and balance.

And finally, my best wishes to all Senior Citi-

zens, for “Youth may be a gift of nature — but old

age is a work of art”.

**********


YANGON, 29 Sept—Shan State (North) Wom-

en’s Affairs Organization and Maternal and Child

Welfare Supervisory Committee jointly organized a

ceremony to hold health education talks, provide

health care services, and render assistance for rural

development, health and education sectors at the

affiliated Basic Education High School in Mongli

Model Village, Hsenwi Township, on 20 Septem-

ber.

Present on the occasion were the patron, chair-

person and members of Shan State (North) WAO,

members of Shan State (North) MCWA, and

townselders numbering 525.

Patron of Shan State (North) WAO Daw Khin

Thant Sin presented medical aid for health and

education sectors to health assistant of Mongli Model

Village Health Care Centre Daw Naw Lu Lu, 30

dozens of exercise books to 353 students through

principal U Kyaw Lwin, and 150 publications to

the village library through Chairman U Sai Ba Htay

of the village Peace and Development Council.

Two local women presented 2,115 membership

applications from Mongli Model Village-tract to the

chairperson of Shan State (North) MCWA.

Joint-Secretary of Shan State (North) MCW

Supervisory Committee Dr Nan Kein Phaung Tit

gave educative talks on noteworthy facts for preg-

nant women, Nurse Assistant Director Daw Nan

Kham Hmat, on nutrition, and Secretary of District

MCW Supervisory Committee Dr Khin Nan Thi,

on malaria, dengue haemorrhage, and diarrhoea.

Shan State (North) WAO and MCW Supervi-

sory committee held round-table talks on all-round

Shan State (North) WAO, MCW SupervisoryCommittee carry out rural development tasks

development of rural areas. They dealt with rural

development tasks carried by members of township

and village WAOs in Mongli Model Village-tract,

and matters on women’s affairs and maternal and

child welfare.

Led by Shan State (North) WAO, a team com-

prising specialists and physicians for Shan State

(North) General Hospital gave free medical treat-

ments to 150 locals at the health care branch in

Mongli Model Village.

Next, the patron and members of Shan State

(North) WAO provided health care and cash assist-

ance for 53 elderly persons in the village.

They served 525 local residents and 353 stu-

dents refreshments, and elderly persons and chidden,

nutritious cereals. — MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept — Under the leadership

of Supervisory Committee for Mandalay Divi-

sion Maternal and Child Welfare Association and

with the assistance of Mandalay Division Peace

and Development Council, free medical treat-

ment and talks on health were given at Singu

Township Hall and People’s Hospital in

PyinOoLwin District of Mandalay Division on

27 September.

Present on the occasion were Chairperson

of Mandalay Division MCWSC Daw Khin Phone

Win and members, members of district and town-

ship MCWAs, specialists and guests.

Under the programme, specialists gave

medical treatment to 20 aged persons and the

chairperson and members provided the aged with

medicine and nutrious foods, 211 students with

Requirements fulfilled for health careservices in rural areas of Singu

stationery and four disabled students with sta-

tionery and cash assistance.

Next, the chairperson presented magazines,

books and educative journals for the library of

Singu Township Information and Public Relations

Department through the officer of Township

IPRD.

After the chairperson had dealt with pur-

poses of MCWA and its work plans and perform-

ances, the specialists gave talks on dengue fever,

HIV/AIDS disease and cholera outbreak.

Afterwards, cancer specialist Dr Daw May

Phyu Latt held private meeting with the women

and gave talks on cancer common among women

and held frank discussions with them.

After that, the chairperson and members

visited Township People’s Hospital, viewed medi-

cal treatment given to the public by the special-

ists, comforted the patients undergoing treat-

ment, and provided eye patients with 242 spec-

tacles and requirements.

Under the special programme of medical

treatment the specialists gave medical treatment

to 424 eye patients , 136 ear, nose and throat

patients, 315 child patients, 135 patients who

had undergone surgical operation, 150 patients

under intensive care, 72 gynaecological patients,

160 musculoskeletal patients, 54 patients treated

with traditional medicine, 34 TB patients, 22

malaria patients, 9 allergic patients, 125 oral pa-

tients, 200 general patients totalling 1836. A to-

tal of 1545 patients received treatment.

Arrangements were made for sending 291

patients to the hospitals concerned. —MNA

Shan State (North) Women’s Affairs Organization Patron Daw Khin Thant Sin presents cashassistance to elderly persons in Mongli Model Village, Hsenwi Township, Shan State (North).—MNA

A local young woman presents membership applications to a responsibleperson. — MNA

Members of Shan State (North) WAO and MCW Supervisory Committeehold talks on rural development. — MNA


YANGON, 30 Sept — The Union of Myanmar

and the State of Qatar, desirous of establishing

friendly relations and mutually beneficial coopera-

tion on the basis of the principles of the Charter of

the United Nations and norms of International Laws

in accordance with the Vienna Conventions on Dip-

lomatic Relations and on Consular Relations, have

decided to establish diplomatic relations between

the two countries at Ambassadorial level with effect

from 26 September 2005.

The agreement to establish diplomatic rela-

tions between the Union of Myanmar and the

State of Qatar was signed by the Ambassador of

the two countries in New York on 26 September

2005.— MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept — Minister for Sports Brig-

Gen Thura Aye Myint delivered an address at the con-

cluding ceremony of the English Course for Hockey

Coaches and Umpires organized by Myanmar Hockey

Federation at the hall of Sports and Physical Education

Institute (Yangon), here, this morning. Present were

officials of the Ministry of Sports, President of MHF

Commandant of Defence Services Records Office Brig-

Gen Myo Myint and executives, President of the Cen-

tral Committee for Myanmar Women’s Sports Federa-

(from page 1)National unity and solidarity were painstak-

ingly restored through confidence building meas-

ures initiated by the present government. The patient

endeavours of the government succeeded in the re-

turn into the legal fold of 17 out of the 18 armed

insurgent groups. Most importantly, peace through-

out the land paved the way for massive infrastruc-

ture construction nationwide and contributed to the

revitalization of the national spirit.

The economy registered significant growth

rates during the last three years. Moreover, 176 dams,

202 major bridges and 60,000 kilometres of motor-

ways have been constructed. In the education sector,

124 new universities have been opened nationwide,

the adult literacy rate is nearly 94 per cent and

primary school enrolment has reached 98 per cent.

In the health sector, 188 new hospitals have been

opened for the people. A total of 68 billion kyats has

been used for development of the border areas.

Peace, tranquillity and a growing economy

have transformed cities and towns into bustling

places. Pagodas are filled with devotees, and

churches, mosques and temple are crowded with

worshippers. The crime rate is low and the fact that

residents and tourists can stroll the streets at will,

night or day, is testimony enough to the country’s

peaceful situation.

With these positive developments in hand, the

government announced a seven-step political pro-

gramme in August 2003 which would definitely

lead to the establishment of a modern, prosperous

and democratic nation based on enduring institu-

tions.

The first crucial step of this process was the

successful reconvening of the national convention.

The convention is attended by 1,088 delegates from

eight categories. Sixty per cent of the delegates come

from the national races. Representatives of 17 armed

groups who have returned to the legal fold are also

participating. The delegates are identifying basic

principles for a new democratic state constitution by

which to build a common future after decades of

disunity and stagnation.

A constitution will be drafted with the princi-

ples agreed upon, and put to a national referendum.

If approved, the constitution will pave the way for

elections to the national and regional parliaments

thereby ensuring a smooth transition to democracy.

Myanmar is poised at the threshold of a new era.

In stark contrast to the actual positive situa-

tion described above, a pessimistic report commis-

sioned by Mr Vaclav Havel and Bishop Desmond M

Tutu was announced on 20 September 2005. The

report entitled “Threat to the Peace: A Call for the

UN Security Council to Act in Burma” was prepared

by DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Law Firm. The

report contends that the government poses a threat to

its own people and to regional peace and security

and strongly urges the UN Security Council to take

up the situation immediately.

The report states that “Burma” is a form pre-

ferred by leaders of the so-called “Burma’s democ-

racy movement”. The word “Burma” is the name of

the British Colonialists imposed on Myanmar. This

misnomer could not be rectified by a then subject,

(from page 16)medical studies have been organized since 1964, and

a seminar on post-graduate medical studies was held

in 1998 and the sixth seminar on medical studies in

2003.

In today’s seminar, all are to discuss an academic

system of post-graduate medical science to be harmo-

nized with the health care system of the nation and

progress of international medical sciences, to review

principles, rules and regulations of post-graduate

courses at home and abroad, to scrutinize curricula of

the post-graduate courses, and to seek ways to solve

difficulties and problems related to the post-graduate

courses.

The participants of the seminar are urged to give

suggestions on bringing out highly-qualified post-

graduate trainees for ensuring uplift of the standard of

medical science. Especially, it is necessary to discuss

realization of the academic system for post-graduate

medical science to be able to turn out the health staff

who will serve the interests of the nation and the people

with patriotism.

In conclusion, the minister urged all the partici-

pants to produce adequate number of well-versed post-

graduate trainees who will give health care service to

the people; the post-graduate medical persons to dis-

charge the duties for ensuring health and fitness of the

entire people; and scholars in the medical field to

perform development of the medical science and hand

down their experiences to new generation.

Also present on the occasion were Deputy Min-

ister for Health Dr Mya Oo, Director of Medical

Services of the Ministry of Defence Maj-Gen Than

Aung, directors-general, rectors and medical superin-

tendents, WHO Resident Representative Professor

Adik Wibowo, presidents of Myanmar Academy of

Medical Science, Myanmar Medical Council and

Myanmar Nurses Council and guests.

The seminar will be held at the Medical Science

Department on Bogyoke Aung San Street, here, up to

1 October.— MNA

colonized people. The reversion to “Myanmar” in

1989 is in fact the restoration of an authentic name

to its rightful official status. The United Nations and

all other international organizations address the coun-

try as Myanmar. The name has been accepted and

recognized by all countries and peoples of the world,

save a few. These few insist on using the discarded

name. It is not only a discourtesy towards Myanmar

and its people but it is also a politically motivated

ploy deliberately used to show opposition to the

government.

The report portrays Myanmar in the most

negative light. There is no basis whatsoever to its

claims. It has used human rights by which to heap

accusations upon the government. Myanmar has on

several occasions officially denounced those allega-

tions that engage from rape, forced labour, child

soldiers, refugees out flow, forced relocation, etc.

These are vast exaggerations or mere outright dis-

tortions. The truth is that the government does not

condone human rights violations and is in fact the

guarantor of human rights in the country. The accu-

sations are at times absurd. For instance, the allega-

tions that as many as 70,000 children have been

forcibly recruited into the army is based on an NGO

interview with 20 or so deserters, in a foreign land.

The allegation that 700,000 refugees have fled

Myanmar in recent years is without any official

authority whatsoever.

The allegations about drug trade is at total

variance with the situation on the ground. As a

result of the relentless efforts by the government the

sown opium acreage continued to drop in line with

the national plan to eradicate poppy cultivation by

the year 2014. The UNODC reported a 73 per cent

decline in opium cultivation between 1996 and 2004.

The diplomatic corps in Myanmar have participated

in public destruction of drugs for 19 successive

years to the US street value estimate of over 14.661

billion US dollars. The government is also taking

urgent measures with neighbouring countries to con-

trol illegally trafficked chemicals used in the pro-

duction of synthetic drugs. It has been able to de-

clare opium free zones in the country and has signed

an MoU with six sub-regional countries for the

creation of a Greater Mekong Sub-region drugs free

zone.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is of the

view that the report is yet another attempt to dis-

credit the government of Myanmar. It is based on

misinformation by a few remaining insurgents and

foreign funded expatriates who are now fearful that

they will soon be irrevalent when Myanmar crosses

the threshold to a new era. They are after all expatri-

ates who are funded by some western countries with

a hidden political agenda.

The government is striving to overcome the

challenges faced by the nation relying mainly on its

own resources. It welcomes the understanding and

support of the international community. However,

reports as the above, are counterproductive and not

of assistance in the efforts of Myanmar towards

democratization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

therefore rejects the report in its entirety.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dated: 29 September 2005

Govt striving to overcome challenges faced bynation relying mainly on own resource

English Course for Hockey Coaches and Umpires concludestion Daw Aye Aye and officials. The Minister and the

President of MHF gave speeches.

The Minister presented gifts to three instructors,

the president certificates to the trainees and the direc-

tor-general of Sports and Physical Education Depart-

ment prizes to three outstanding trainees. Next, the

Minister attended the opening ceremony of Inter-Min-

istry Table Tennis Tournament at the hall of Myanmar

Table Tennis Federation. Altogether 12 teams are tak-

ing part in the tournament up to 3 October. — MNA

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said on Wednesday that it plans to partner with NASA on space researchprojects and to build a new campus at a NASA research centre in the heart ofSilicon Valley.

Thailand to host forum on housingfor the poor

BANGKOK , 29 Sept — Thailand will host one of Asia’s biggest forum onhousing for the poor next week, local Press reported on Wednesday.

High global rice price to sustain inmedium term

BANGKOK , 29 Sept — The retail prices of rice, which has gone up inmany Asian countries recently, will sustain in the medium term due toincreased fuel cost, fertilizers and transportation, the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations (FAO) said here on Tuesday.

Elusive mouse grounds Qatariairliner for 13 hours

MANILA , 29 Sept — A mouse upset the best-laid plans of an airline andnearly 250 passengers in the Philippines, grounding a plane for 13 hourswhile engineers tried to smoke out the rodent.

Google and the Na-

tional Aeronautical and

Space Administration

said they plan to coope-

rate on research projects

such as large-scale data

management, nanotech-

nology, massively distri-

buted computing and the

entrepreneurial space in-

dustry.

NASA Ames Center

Director G Scott Hubbard

said in a statement that

the public-private partner-

ship holds “an enormous

range of potential benefits

to the space programme”.

The deal calls for

Google to develop up to

1 million square feet of

real estate within the

NASA Research Park at

Moffett Field, a former

naval air base that is sur-

rounded by thousands of

high-tech companies in

the heart of Silicon Val-

ley.

The building plan is

roughly double the size

of its current headquar-

ters in the adjoining town

of Mountain View, Cali-

fornia, where Google

moved into the old offices

of Silicon Graphics Inc.

<SGI.N> just two years

ago.

Financial terms of

the agreement were not

disclosed. Seven-year-old

Google has been hiring

employees at a rapid pace

to meet explosive demand

for its advertising-sup-

ported search and other

Internet businesses.

Google currently has

4,100 employees world-

wide.

Hubbard said exam-

ples of the sorts of

projects envisioned under

the partnership include

new types of remote sen-

sors, improved analysis of

engineering problems and

“materials from collabo-

rations on bio-info-nano

convergence.”

The NASA Ames di-

rector said other research

would focus on “Earth,

life and space science dis-

coveries from super com-

puting and data mining,

and bringing entrepre-

neurs into the space pro-

gramme.”

The government re-

search centre now known

as NASA Ames was

founded in 1939.

Early on, it played a

role in the design and test-

ing of the P-51 Mustangand P-38 Lightning

fighter planes during

World War II. The facil-

ity later conducted re-

search for the Apollomoon missions.

MNA/Reuters

The Qatar Airways plane was pre-

paring for take-off from Manila Air-

port earlier this week when a crew

member spotted the mouse scampering

across an aisle in the economy class

section, the Philippine Daily Inquirerquoted airport officials as saying.

The captain ordered the passen-

gers to disembark while maintenance

staff fumigated the aircraft and laid

traps, but the mouse was nowhere to be

found.

The Doha-bound aircraft eventually

took off 13 hours late, presumably with

the mouse still on board, dead or alive.

“There was an incident before with

a cockroach, but it’s the first time that

we had to deal with a mouse,” the In-quirer quoted airport operations chief

Octavio Lina as saying. — MNA/Reuters

In the first weeks of

September, global rice

price continued to firm,

which will stretch into the

coming months resulted

from rising production

and marketing costs, the

FAO said in a Press re-

lease.

In the short term,

prices are reacting

strongly to new develop-

ments regarding crops and

government policies, such

as the return of Indonesia

as an important buyer,

strong sales to Africa and

a new contract for deli-

veries to Iraq.

As anticipated ex-

port contractions by Thai-

land and China could be

compensated by increased

shipments from Egypt,

India and other countries,

FAO has raised its fore-

cast for global rice trade

in 2005 to 27 million tons,

1 per cent higher over last

year’s 26.7 million tons.

Meanwhile, rice de-

liveries are anticipated to

grow in Bangladesh and

the Philippines despite the

strong rise in domestic

prices. Likewise, imports

by Cuba, the European

Union (EU), Niger and

Senegal are also expected

to increase.

However, prospects

for rice production seem

much less buoyant this

season, especially in the

case of China and India,

as well as Colombia,

Cuba, the Republic of

Korea, Laos, Nepal, Pa-

kistan and Venezuela.

In general, Asia will

reap larger crops although

less marked than last an-

ticipated. Africa will point

to a 4-per-cent increase.

In Latin American and the

Caribbean, Brazil, Ecua-

dor and Peru are set to

harvest more crops, while

Colombia, Cuba and Gu-

yana may face contrac-

tion. The rice output in

the European Union (EU)

and the United States will

also fall slightly, accord-

ing to the FAO.

MNA/Xinhua

The event, which runs from Mon-

day till Saturday, is aimed to demon-

strate the government’s cheap housing

programme as a model to the region,

said an organizer of the forum.

Participants will visit Ban

Mankong cheap housing-loan projects

in 15 provinces, organizer Somsook

Boonyabancha was quoted by The Na-tion newspaper as saying.

The Ban Mankong projects seek

to utilize local residents as a driving

force and encourage people to develop

their communities, mostly in urban ar-

eas and slums, on their own initiative,

Somsook said.

Some 150-200 participants from 15

countries in Asia and Africa are expected

to attend the conference. Local commu-

nities involved in housing and slum de-

velopment projects will exchange ideas

with foreign experts.

Thai delegations from communi-

ties in the government-sponsored cheap

housing-loan project will also exchange

ideas at the forum.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

will deliver a speech at the opening of

the conference next Tuesday.

MNA/Xinhua

A VW-Porsche 914,

a joint production of

Volkswagen and

Porsche in the seventies,

is seen at a Porsche car

dealer in Frankfurt,

central Germany, on 26

September, 2005.

INTERNEt


Senior UN official urges USCongress not to withhold UN dues UNITED NATIONS, 29 Sept — The UN member states have made progress in

the push for institutional reform, but a threat to withhold some US’ dues ifbenchmarks are not met by certain deadlines could provoke a backlash fromother states on such important issues as a clear definition of terrorism, a seniorUN official warned on Wednesday.

Yuhui, a youngorangutan,

practises weight-lifting in

ChongqingSafari Park in

southwestChina’s

ChongqingMunicipality, on26 September,2005. The parkis to organize acontest nation-wide with ani-mals to showtheir perfor-

mance in sports,which will be

held from 1 to 7October , localmedia reported.

INTERNET

Sydney commuters carrying umbrellas walk throughthe rain during the morning rush hour on 26

September, 2005. —INTERNET

Briefing the International Rela-

tions Committee of the US House of

Representatives on the world summit,

UN chief of staff Mark Malloch Brown

said the negotiations on many issues

fell short of UN hopes, having been

hampered by unresolved differences

between member states and “a regretta-

ble amount of mistrust”.

“In March, when the Secretary

General proposed an agenda for the

summit, he deliberately set the bar high,

since in international negotiations you

never get everything you ask,” he said

in the speech prepared for delivery.

Annan also presented the reforms

as a package — development, security,

human rights and UN reform — not

because he expected them to be adopted

without change, but because states would

be more likely to compromise on some

issues if they received concessions on

the issues to which they assigned a higher

priority, Malloch Brown said.

“To be quite specific, the US and

others who share the same reform agenda

were not going to get what they wanted

on management reform, on human rights,

or on terrorism unless they showed sen-

sitivity to the views of those many gov-

ernments for whom development is the

overriding priority — and vice versa,”

he said.

MNA/Xinhua

ASEAN+3 economic ministerswant closer eco cooperation

VIENTIANE , 29 Sept — Economic ministers and officials at ministerial levels from the 10-memberASEAN and its dialogue partners, China, Japan and South Korea, are to seek new measures hereThursday to broaden and deepen their ties, especially economic ones.

“Trade of ASEAN+3

rose 25 per cent last year.

Projects and initiatives

have been progressing

well, contributing to the

economic development

in the region,” Lao

Commerce Minister

Soulivong Daravong said

at the 8th AEM (ASEAN

Economic Ministers) Plus

3 Consultation and Con-

sultation with the East

Asia Business Council

(EABC).

The delegates will

mainly discuss factors

that will lead to the en-

hancement of ASEAN+3

economic cooperation,

endorse proposals on es-

tablishing an interna-

tional engineering project

management training pro-

gramme for members of

the Association of South-

East Asian Nations

(ASEAN) by China and

a regional disaster man-

agement system by South

Korea. A memorandum

of the first Joint Expert

Group of feasibility study

on the East Asia Free

Trade Area (EAFTA) is

also to be signed.

In 2003, Chinese Pre-

mier Wen Jiabao pro-

posed the establishment

of the EAFTA, which has

received active responses

from leaders of Japan,

South Korea and ASEAN

members.

At the consultations,

economic ministers will

also review progress of

the realization of the

ASEAN-ASEAN Free

Trade Area, and mea-

sures to speed it up. The

establishment of the area

will create an economic

region with 1.8 billion

consumers, a regional

gross domestic product of

about two trillion US dol-

lars and total annual trade

volume of 1.23 trillion

US dollars, ASEAN Sec-

retary General Ong Keng

Yong said in a recent

statement exclusively for

Xinhua.The ASEAN+3

countries have seen

closer cooperation on

economic, monetary and

financial fields in recent

years. Their total trade

rose by roughly 14.5 per

cent to 195.6 billion dol-

lars in 2003, according to

the ASEAN Secretariat.

MNA/Xinhua

Aquatech Asia 2005to be held in

Thailand next week BANGKOK, 29 Sept — As one of the leading world

water shows and the largest water and waste water

event in southeast, the sixth Aquatech Asia will be held

here on 6-8 October to promote water and waste water

management.

The three-day show, which will involve some 100

exhibitors from 20 countries, is undoubtedly a leading

trade event for the region’s water and waste water

management, Marchel Ewals, managing director of

AsiaCongress Event, which organizes the exhibition,

said here. “The show will bring in a lot of international

knowledge and innovations from countries around the

world, such as China, India, Singapore, the Nether-

lands, and the United States,” he said.

An entire range of requirements for Southeast

Asia including water treatment, sewage transport dis-

tribution, process control equipment, research con-

stancy as well as utilities will be covered at the show.

Vichian Udomratanasilpa, Assistant Governor of

Provincial Waterworks Authority, said in Thailand

most people have enough water to drink and to use.

However, 9 per cent of population still face water

problems. — MNA/Xinhua

ASEAN agrees to accelerateregional integration

VIENTIANE, 19 Sept — ASEAN economic min-

isters here on Wednesday reiterated their commit-

ments to realize the ASEAN Economic Community

(AEC) despite regional and global challenges, agree-

ing to adopt a dynamic approach using prevailing

mechanisms to speed up regional integration.

“The meeting agreed that tourism and air travel

can be integrated at a faster pace, before 2005. In

doing so, it would also facilitate ASEAN’s ongoing

FTA negotiations with dialogue partners,” Lao Com-

merce Minister Soulivong Daravong said at a Press

conference after the 37th ASEAN Economic Minis-

ters (AEM) meeting.

Economic ministers from the 10-member Asso-

ciation of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) called

on all relevant officials to spare no effort in taking

measures to realize AEC by 2020 as targeted, partly

by stepping up integrations of priority sectors, he

said, adding that they also urged the officials to rap-

idly define new sectors for and levels of integration

after the integration of the 11 defined sectors is

completed by the end of 2007.

Earlier, ASEAN countries have agreed to re-

move tariffs on 85 per cent of the products in the 11

priority sectors, namely agro-based product, air travel,

electronics, e-ASEAN, fishery, healthcare, tourism,

textile and apparel, rubber-based product, automo-

tive product and wood-based product, by 2007 for

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singa-

pore and Thailand, and 2012 for Cambodia, Laos,

Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).

At the 37th AEM, the ministers said that the

ASEAN Single Window (ASW), the single most im-

portant initiative of Customs which will ensure ex-

peditious clearance of goods and reduce the cost of

doing business in the block, would be inked at the

11th ASEAN Summit slated for December in Ma-

laysia.

“The pilot implementation of ASW by Thai-

land and the Philippines is now targeted by the end

of this year. It’s envisaged that ASW will be fully

implemented by 2008,” the Lao Commerce Minister

said. Underscoring the importance of trade in ser-

vices liberalization, the ministers agreed that 2015

shall be the end-date for the liberalization of all

services sectors, and that the waiver of the 30-per-

cent national equity requirement under the ASEAN

Industrial Cooperation (AICO) Scheme will be ex-

tended until 31 December, 2006.

MNA/Xinhua


A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV YANGON STAR VOY NO (388)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV YANGON

STAR VOY NO (388) are hereby notified that the

vessel will be arriving on 30.9.2005 and cargo will be

discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie

at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the

byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am

to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day now

declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo

from the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted after

the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S EAGLE SHIPPINGPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

US’ “economic war” on Cuba hurtsAmericans

HAVANA , 28 Sept— The intensified US’ “ economic war” on Cuba has meantmore fines for Americans visiting the Communist-run island and foreign firmsdoing business there, a Cuban government report said on Tuesday.

Mexico cops crack down on tintedcar windows

TIJUANA (Mexico), 28 Sept— Mexican police in Tijuana are enforcing alocal law outlawing tinted car windows in a bid to crack down on rampantcrime in this violent city on the US border.

Pomegranate juice promising for prostate cancerNEW YORK, 28 Sept— Pomegranate extract may prevent prostate cancer or slow its growth, if results

of lab experiments conducted at the University of Wisconsin in Madison translate to real-world benefits.

One killedin capsizing

immigrant boat offnorthern Cyprus

ANKARA, 28 Sept—

One people was killed and

33 others missing when a

fishing boat carrying ille-

gal immigrants capsized

off the northern Cyprus,

Turkey's semi-official

Anatolia news agency

reported on Tuesday.

Two Syrian immi-

grants managed to swim

to the shore while three

others were rescued by

Coast Guard officials, said

the report.

Search-and-rescue

efforts are underway to

find the missing people, it

added.— MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam's seafood exportsincrease by 14.5%

HANOI , 29 Sept— Vietnam earned nearly 1.9billion US dollars from seafood exports so far thisyear, a 14.5-per-cent increase over the same periodlast year, according to the Ministry of Fisheries onWednesday.

Germany saysclothing importsfrom China rise

BERLIN, 29 Sept—

German clothing imports

from China increased by

more than 50 per cent in

the first half of this year,

the German Federal Sta-

tistics Office said on Tues-

day.

The office, head-

quartered in the south-

western city of

Wiesbaden, said that the

imports from China were

valued at 1.7 billion euros

(2.04 billion US dollars),

a rise of 51.7 per cent from

one year earlier.

The office reported

that a total of over 7.5 bil-

lion euros (9 billion dol-

lars) clothing was imported

in the same period. Com-

pared with the same period

a year earlier, such imports

were down 4.6 per cent.

In 2002, the share of

clothing imports from

China was 13.8 per cent,

while in the first six

months of this year it was

22.5 per cent.

Turkey ranks the sec-

ond after China in supply-

ing clothing to Germany.

MNA/Xinhua

Municipal police

sources in the city, a tour-

ism and drug smuggling

hub south of San Diego,

say officers have fined al-

most 600 people since the

crackdown on tinted glass

began last month.

The municipal by-

law prohibits plastic film

placed on vehicle win-

dows, and does not include

factory-tinted glass or ve-

hicles crossing into the city

with US registration

plates.

"It's a security mea-

sure as it's common for

kidnappers to use tinted

windows to effect their

escapes, and for other

criminals... who don't

want to be seen," said

Victor Loza, the chief of

the Municipal Police's

traffic division.

The bylaw has been

on the books since 1996

but was only patchly en-

forced until the crackdown

began on 23 August.

Drivers stopped and

found to be in breach of

the regulation are given

spot fines of up to 700

pesos (65 US dollars) and

are ordered to have the

film removed.

MNA/Reuters

Sanctions adopted by

the Bush Administration

since June 2005 to speed

change in Cuba by deny-

ing it funds included a ban

on the purchase of Cuban

cigars and rum by US citi-

zens, even in third coun-

tries, the report to the

United Nations said.

Pleasure craft own-

ers leaving US ports for

Cuban waters face fines

of up to 25,000 US dollars

or five years in jail, it said.

"The blockade on

Cuba is an act of economic

war," the report said.

Washington has enforced

a trade embargo against

Cuba since 1962, seeking

to undermine the left-wing

government of Fidel

Castro, in power since a

1959 revolution.

Critics of the embargo

say it has failed to bring

change to Cuba and allows

Castro to blame Cuba's

economic woes on the

United States. American

farmers succeeded in

amending it in 2000 to al-

low food sales, now aver-

aging 400 million US dol-

lars a year. The US Treas-

ury Department's Office of

Foreign Assets Control,

which enforces the sanc-

tions, fined 307 US citi-

zens in the first quarter of

2005, compared to 316 in

all of 2004, for unauthor-

ized travel to Cuba, the

report said.

The number of US

tourists who visited Cuba

dropped 40 per cent last

year to 51,027 from

85,809 in 2003, it said.

More dramatic was

the drop in the number of

Cuban residents of the

United States who re-

turned to visit, which fell

50 per cent from 115,050

in 2003 to 57,145 last year.

Measures taken by

the Bush Administration

to squeeze Cuba's eco-

nomy included limiting

trips to the island by Cu-

ban Americans to once

every three years. Cubans

living in the United States

are a vital source of cash

remittances for relatives

enduring economic hard-

ship in their homeland.

MNA/Reuters

Besides, domestic

demand for tra and basa

catfish also increased.

Local consumption has

made up about 20 per cent

of the products yield of

the Mekong Delta, the

largest producer in the

country.

Although the annual

fishing season has started,

Vietnamese fishermen are

operating their vessels at

limited capacity due to

high fuel prices and the

arrival of the storm sea-

son. For higher incomes,

some shrimp farmers have

shifted to tilapia produc-

tion, the ministry said.

Vietnam plans to

export 2.5 billion dollars'

worth of the products in

2005.—MNA/Xinhua

Dr Hasan Mukhtar

and his colleagues note in

the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sci-ences Early Edition that

pomegranates are high in

polyphenolic compounds,

making its juice higher in

antioxidant activity than

red wine and green tea.

When they incubated

prostate cancer cells with

low concentrations of

pomegranate extract, they

observed a dose-related

inhibition of cell growth.

In prostate cancer

cells driven by male hor-

mones (androgens) and

expressing prostate spe-

cific antigen (PSA), treat-

ment with pomegranate

extract decreased andro-

gen receptors and PSA

expression. When human

prostate cancer cells were

injected into mice, feed-

ing the animals pomegran-

ate extract delayed the ap-

pearance of tumours. Tu-

mour growth was signifi-

cantly inhibited and sur-

vival was prolonged.

As for whether pome-

granate juice could be re-

commended to men with

prostate cancer, Mukhtar

told Reuters Health: "Based

on the data we have it's

highly unlikely that it will

produce any adverse effects

and it is highly possible that

it will produce useful ef-

fects."— MNA/Reuters

A Chinese

acrobat

performs

at a street

in Hangzhou,

east China's

Zhejiang Pro-

vince on 28

September,

2005.

INTERNET


Swaziland’s King chooses13th bride

Nepal’s NGOs to spend $50m KATHMANDU ,28 Sept— Nepal’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

will spend 50.57 million US dollars through a government organization in thecurrent Nepal’s fiscal year (16 July, 2005-15 July, 2006), a government officialsaid here on Tuesday.

King Mswati III, who

is 37, presented 17-year-

old Phindile Nkambule as

his new wife-to-be at a tra-

ditional ceremony this

weekend, where she was

donned in red feathers

worn only by royalty for

the first time.

Women’s groups

and poli t ical oppo-

nents say Mswati’s

penchant for multiple

young brides ill befits

a country with the

world’s highest rate of

HIV/AIDS, but the

monarch says po-

lygamy i s par t o f

Swazi tradition and

“About 300 NGOs

affiliated to Social Wel-

fare Council (SWC) will

be spending the money

through SWC,” Sharad

Sharma, member secre-

tary at SWC, told report-

ers.

SWC had approved

725 programmes of 229

NGOs, Sharma noted,

adding, “Majority of the

programmes are related

to women development,

community development,

children education, envi-

ronment protection, health

services, disabled serv-

ices, and human rights and

conflict managements.”

The amount of the

money spent every year in

the NGOs sector could be

much more than this as

there are about 15,000

NGOs, which are not af-

filiated with the SWC and

registered with the Dis-

trict Administrative Of-

fice, a local government

office, Sharma noted.

“In the last Nepali fis-

cal year a total of 86 NGOs

had applied at the SWC

for approval of 8.83 mil-

lion US dollars they had

received from outside

without prior approval of

the SWC,” Sharma re-

vealed.

There are more than

18,500 NGOs and 131

international NGOs affili-

ated with SWC, he added.

MNA/Xinhua

Earthquake

rocks Kuril

Islands,

Russia M OSCOW, 29 Sept—

An earthquake measuring

6.5 points on the Richter

scale struck the Kuril Is-

lands in the Far East of

Russia on Thursday, but

there were no immediate

reports of casualties and

damage, the Interfaxnews agency said.

The earthquake oc-

curred 175 km southeast

of the town of Severo-

Kurilsk on the Kuril

Islands at around 1:17

pm Moscow time

(0917GMT) on Thurs-

day, Viktor Beltsov from

the press service of the

Russian Emergency Si-

tuations Ministry was

quoted as saying.

According to

Beltsov, the earthquake

wave in Severo-Kurilsk

reached four points on

the Richter scale.

No casualties or

damage have been re-

ported yet.

Meanwhile, the Rus-

sian ministry predicted a

major earthquake in the

Far Eastern peninsula of

Kamchatka for the end of

this year.

MNA/Xinhua

“Statin”drugsreduce fracture

risk in menNEW YORK, 28 Sept — Men who take a choles-

terol-lowering “statin” drug (such as Lipitor orZocor, for example) may be protecting more thantheir heart. A large study comprised mostly ofelderly men shows that the drugs reduce the risk ofsuffering a bone fracture.

Previous research in-

vestigating the link be-

tween statins and fracture

risk, conducted primarily

among women, has

yielded mixed results.

The current study, re-

ported in the Archives of

Internal Medicine by Dr.

Richard E. Scranton and

his colleagues, represents

one of the largest studies

to date.

The roughly 91,000

subjects — approxi-

mately 95 per cent men

— were drawn from pa-

tients receiving care in the

New England VA Health

System between 1998 and

2001.

Among the partici-

pants, 28,063 were pre-

scribed statins, 2,195

were on some other type

of lipid-lowering medica-

tion, and 60,794 were not

prescribed any lipid-low-

ering medications.

In analyses that took

account of age, weight,

whether or not the indi-

vidual had the bone thin-

ning condition oste-

oporosis and other dis-

orders, and other medi-

cations, the investigators

found that taking statins

was associated with a 36-

per-cent reduction in

fracture risk compared

with taking no lipid-low-

ering therapy, and a 32-

per-cent risk reduction

compared with non-

statin lipid-lowering

therapy.

MNA/Reuters

Motherand fivechildren

die inPortugal

fireLISBON,29 Sept —A

mother and her five chil-

dren died in a fire in a

shack in a smart district

near Lisbon on Thursday,

a fire official said.

The fire started at

about 5 am in a district

of Cascais, about 20 km

(12 miles) west of Lis-

bon, assistant fire chief

Jose Leite told private

TSF radio.

Portugal has areas of

poverty in many of its

richest areas.

When firefighters

arrived, the shack was

engulfed in flames. “It

was impossible to save

the people inside,” Leite

said.

MNA/ Reuters

3,000 illegal weaponsburnt in Uganda

KAMPALA ,28 Sept — At least 3,000 guns capturedfrom illegal holders have been burnt here on Mon-day at a public ceremony presided over by UgandanMinister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda,reported local Press on Tuesday.

The destruction took place on Monday at Nsambya

Primary School grounds in Kampala.

The symbolic destruction marked the beginning of

an exercise under the National Plan of Action to

destroy illegal weapons stockpiled by the Army and

the police countrywide.

The weapons included rifles, pistols and sub-ma-

chine guns. Soldiers poured fuel on the guns and

Rugunda used a long stick with fire at the top to ignite

the weapons. Rugunda said the government was com-

mitted to reduce weapons in society.

“The destruction is intended to ensure that weapons

seized, collected or deemed excess to national security

requirements do not find their way back into illegal

circulation or recycled into conflict areas,” he said.

“The economic value of a gun cannot outweigh the

human cost arising from death and injuries resulting

from easy availability,” the minister added.

The illegal weapons were recovered from illegal hold-

ers in various parts of the country, especially in Karamoja

region. The Ugandan Government has launched a disar-

mament exercise in the northeastern region, where civil-

ians carry guns openly, without hiding them. Recent

statistics indicated that in past year, over 1,000 guns have

been collected from the region. —MNA/Xinhua

Miss International Precious Lara Quigaman ofPhilippines presents traditional costume during the

final of the Miss International beauty pageant inTokyo,on 26 September, 2005.—INTERNET

A 2 1/2-week-old baby aardvark sniffs the lens of a television camera on 28Sept, 2005, at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.—INTERNET

MBABANE , 28 Sept— The King of Swaziland has picked a teenage studentto be his 13th bride less than a month after more than 50,000 bare-breastedvirgins vied to catch his eye at the annual Reed Dance ceremony.

helps cement national

unity.

“It is Swazi custom

for the King to marry into

prominent Swazi clans.

Now it is the time for the

Nkambule family,” a pa-

lace source told Reuters. Nkambule — who

beat off a glamorous TV

presenter and Miss

Swaziland to become the

King’s new bride —

joined 10,000 maidens

in a regional Reed Dance

ceremony this weekend

to dance in traditional

beaded mini-skirts.

She will be known as

Inkhositaki LaNkambule,

SiSwati for the “the wife

of the king from the

Nkambule (clan)”.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Juventus enjoy 3-0 win over Rapid ViennaTURIN (Italy), 28 Sept — Juventus cruised to a 3-0 win over Rapid Vienna

in Champions League Group A on Tuesday to make it two wins out of two forthe Italian champions.

Lille heldto goallessdraw by

VillarrealPARIS, 28 Sept — Lille

were held to a goalless

draw by Villarreal in their

Champions League Group

D clash at the Stade de

France on Tuesday.

The Ligue 1 side, whose

stadium does not meet

UEFA safety require-

ments, snatched their first

point in the competition

two weeks after a 1-0 in-

jury-time defeat at

Benfica.

Villarreal, who at the

weekend recorded their

first win in the Primera

Liga this season to drag

themselves off the foot of

the table, now have two

points after a 0-0 draw

with Manchester United

in their opening group

game.

Lille dominated

throughout the game but

were too clumsy in the

box to grab all three points.

The northerners put

early pressure on

Villarreal with midfielder

Mathieu Debuchy head-

ing wide from a Gregory

Tafforeau cross from the

right.

Matt Moussilou gave

the Lille fans a glimmer

of hope when he netted in

the 23rd minute but the

striker was flagged off-

side.

One minute later, Ni-

gerian striker Peter

Odemwegie suffered the

same fate.

Villarreal had their first

clear chance after 28 min-

utes when a Juan Roman

Riquelme free kick went

just wide of Tony Sylva's

left post.

Early strikes give Panathinaikoswin over Werder

ATHENS, 28 Sept — Panathinaikos scored twice in

the first eight minutes to beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in

their Champions League match at the Olympic Sta-

dium on Tuesday.

Panathinaikos, who lost their opening Group C

game 3-0 to Udinese two weeks ago, took the lead in the

sixth minute with a debatable penalty by Argentinian

midfielder Ezequiel Gonzalez.

Three minutes later, Evangelos Mantzios doubled

their advantage when he pounced on a pass from

Sandor Torghelle. Miroslav Klose pulled one back for

the Germans just before halftime but it was

Panathinaikos who made more chances in the second

half with Gonzalez twice hitting the woodwork.

Four minutes from time Bremen were reduced to 10

men when Ivan Klasnic was sent off for his second

yellow card to completea bad night for the Germans

who have now lost their opening two games following

their 2-0 reversal against Barcelona two weeks ago.

MNA/Reuters

Belgium's nationalcoach De Cauwer quits BRUSSELS, 29 Sept— Belgium's national cycling

coach Jose De Cauwer has resigned just two days after

Belgian Tom Boonen won the world road race title in

Madrid.

De Cauwer will officially announce his decision at

a news conference on Wednesday, Belgian national

television station Sporza reported on Tuesday.

The 56 year-old is leaving after eight years at the

helm to take up a post with Belgian ProTour team

Davitamon-Lotto.

De Cauwer took charge as Belgium's national coach

from Eddie Merckx in 1997. Ironically, the five times

Tour de France winner quit right after Johan Museeuw

was crowned world champion. —MNA/Reuters

Injured Salas hits back at criticsin Chile

SANTIAGO , 29 Sept— Chile's record scorer Marcelo Salas hit back at hiscritics on Wednesday, saying they complained when he turned out for hiscountry and bemoaned his absence when he did not.

Atletico Mineiro players boycotttraining over pay delay

RIO DE JANEIRO , 29 Sept— The players at struggling Brazilian club AtleticoMineiro boycotted a training session on Wednesday in protest of the latepayment of their wages.

The injury-plagued former Juventus,

Lazio and River Plate striker made the

comments as he ruled himself out of

next month's potentially decisive World

Cup qualifier away to Colombia.

Salas suffered his latest setback, a

muscular problem in his right leg, dur-

ing the warm-up of Chile's 5-0 defeat in

Brazil earlier this month.

"Before the game against Brazil, I'd

played in the last two games and there

was a lot of talk about how the team

would have played without me," he told

reporters.

"Now that I'm not playing, they want

me back. I don't understand it."

He added: "I'm not ready to face

Colombia as I haven't been playing....

we'll see if I can play against Ecuador."

Salas returned home when he signed

for Universidad de Chile in July but has

yet to make his competitive debut for his

new team.

He broke his country's scoring record

when was netted the 35th goal of his

international career in the 3-1 win over

Bolivia in June.

Colombia and Chile are fighting to

claim a fifth-placed finish in the 10-

nation South American qualifying group

which would earn them a two-leg playoff

against Australia. Both have 20 points

from 16 games and are just behind Uru-

guay (21 points), who currently occupy

fifth spot in the race to make next year's

finals in Germany.

They meet in Barranquilla on October

8 before Chile host Ecuador in their last

game four days later, while Colombia

visit Paraguay.—MNA/Reuters

Walking off the pitch without kick-

ing a ball, the squad members claimed

they had not been paid for two months.

Ricardo Guimaraes, president of the

Belo Horizonte-based club, said he was

surprised at the incident as he thought an

agreement had been reached on Tues-

day for the payment of the July and

August salaries.

"The cheques are ready to be handed

over to the players tomorrow (Thurs-

day) and I don't understand why they

withdrew from training," he told report-

ers. He said there would be no reprisals

but criticized the side, who are 19th in

the 22-team table with 30 points from 28

games.

"The club recognizes that it owes

money," he said. "But, given the stand-

ard of the group and the salaries they

earn, we shouldn't be in this position."

The players were expected to train as

usual on Thursday morning, a club

spokesman said. —MNA/Reuters

A 27th minute goal from forward

David Trezeguet put Fabio Capello’s

side in charge and although the Turin

side suffered a few minor scares they

wrapped up the win with goals from

Adrian Mutu and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in

the last eight minutes.

The result keeps Juve top of the

standings ahead of Bayern Munich, who

also have six points from two games

after beating visitors Club Bruges 1-0 in

the other group match.

But it was a low-key performance

from the Italians in a match played in

front of a pitiful crowd of 11,156 in the

70,000 capacity Delle Alpi Stadium.

Nonetheless, Capello’s side main-

tained their 100 per cent record in Serie

A and Europe this season with their

seventh straight win.

Juventus, who had former Lazio

midfielder Giuliano Giannichedda depu-

tising for the suspended Patrick Vieira

in midfield and again left forward

Alessandro Del Piero on the bench, took

a firm grip on the game from the outset.

Swedish striker Ibrahimovic tried the

first of several long-range efforts in the

eighth minute before Brazilian Emerson

fired just over the bar and Mauro

Camoranesi hit the side netting with a

drive from the edge of the area.

Despite the pressure and little trouble

for the Italian side’s defence, a lack of

precision near goal let Juve down and the

prospect of a frustrating night looked on

the cards.

But in the 27th minute Juventus took

the lead with a goal of textbook simpli-

city.

Ibrahimovic fed Gianluca Zambrotta

down the left and the Italy international

picked out Trezeguet with a pinpoint

cross that the Frenchman, having lost his

marker, casually slotted home.

Rapid’s first real effort on goal did not

come until 10 minutes after the break

when substitute Axel Lawaree, on for

Muhammet Akagunduz, broke free down

the left and shot powerfully but Juve

keeper Christian Abbiati parried the ball

to safety.

Capello replaced Trezeguet with Del

Piero on the hour and then added Roma-

nian Adrian Mutu for Camoranesi as he

looked to liven up his attack in search of

a potentially decisive second.

At the other end Lawaree went close

with a toe-poked effort from the edge of

the area but Rapid rarely threatened.

Juve should have wrapped the game

up 15 minutes from time when Del Piero

broke free and selflessly fed Ibrahimovic

but the Swede fired straight at Rapid

keeper Helge Payer.

The final 10 minutes brought a flurry

of activity with Payerin action again when

Pavel Nedved set up Del Piero whose

stinging volley brought a fine save from

the Austrian keeper.

Rapid responded with Andreas

Ivanschitz’s well-struck effort from the

edge of the area forcing Abbiati to full

stretch but the game was put beyond the

Austrians in the 82nd minute.

MNA/Reuters

Liverpool's Djibril Cisse (L) fouls Chelsea's WilliamGallas (C) during their Champions League clash at

Anfield in Liverpool. The two teams ended in agoalless draw.—INTERNET

Real save : Real Madrid's goalkeeperIker Casillas makes a flying save againstOlympiakos during their ChampionsLeague Group F football match at theSantiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. Real Madrid won 2-1.—INTERNETMNA/Reuters


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Thursday, 29˚September, 2005

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thun-

dershowers have been scattered in Kayah State, up-

per Sagaing, Magway and Ayeyawady Divisions and

widespread in the remaining areas with isolated

heavyfall in Mon State. The noteworthy amounts of

rainfall recorded were Belin (6.30) inches, Kyaikkami

(4.17) inches, Thaton and Panlaung (2.76) inches

each, Bhamo (2.48) inches, Kanbalu (1.18) inches,

Mandalay (1.03) inches and Shwebo (0.75) inch.

Maximum temperature on 28-9-2005 was 89°F.

Minimum temperature on 29-9-2005 was 68°F. Rela-

tive humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 29-9-2005 was

96%. Total sunshine hours on 28-9-2005 was (1.0)

hour approx. Rainfalls on 29-9-2005 were (0.87) inch

at Mingaladon, (1.18) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.99)

inch at central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-

2005 were (93.19) inches at Mingaladon, (95.47)

inches at Kaba-Aye and (99.49) inches at central

Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-

Aye) was (7) mph from South at (04:20) hours MST

on 28-9-2005.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to

cloudy in the North and Central Bay and monsoon is

weak to moderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations

at (06:30) hours MST today, the low pressure area

over Myanmar moved to the Northwest and weak-

ened.

Forecast valid until evening of 30-9-2005:Rain or thundershowers will be scattered in Rakhine,

Kayah and Kayin States, Magway, Bago, Yangon

and Ayeyawady Divisions and widespread in the re-

maining areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls

in Rakhine, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions. De-

gree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be generally mod-

erate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood

of decrease rain in the Northern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 30-9-2005: Some rain or thundershowers. De-

gree of certainty is 80%.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 30-9-2005: Some rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is 80%.

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LONDON, 29 Sept —

Crude oil fell briefly be-

low 65 US dollars on

Tuesday after Saudi Ara-

bia said there were no

takers for OPEC’s spare

barrels with hurricane-

battered US refineries

still closed and a strike

at one of Europe’s big-

gest plants. A shortage

of refined products like

gasoline and heating oil

has driven crude towards

Crude oil falls as storms, strikes put refinersunder gun

levels unseen in real

terms since 1979, the

year after the Iranian

Revolution. But with the

world’s refineries work-

ing flat out, buyers are

scarce for the extra two

million barrels per day

OPEC has said it can

offer. Give us the cus-

tomers and we will pump

more oil,” Saudi Oil Min-

ister Ali al-Naimi told

reporters in Johannes-

burg.

A Saudi source said

the world’s biggest oil

exporter may even pump

less crude in October

with roughly a quarter of

US refining capacity still

shut after hurricanes

Katrina and Rita.

“Basically crude oil

is no use to anybody.

You can’t put it in a car,”

said Tony Machacek of

Bache Financial broker-

age. A strike has closed

France’s 328,000 barrels

per day Gonfreville refin-

ery in Normandy, France.

French shipping

workers are also block-

ading the Lavera-Fos port

near Marseilles that feeds

refineries with a total

570,000 bpd of capacity,

although oil firms say

operations have not been

affected yet.

“This couldn’t hap-

pen at a worse time,” said

Kevin Norrish, an analyst

at Barclays Capital.

US crude settled

down 75 cents at 65.07

US dollars a barrel, after

falling as low as 64.60

US dollars. London Brent

crude was down 96 cents

at 62.97 US dollars.

Naimi said Saudi

Arabia would soon boost

its proven oil reserves by

200 billion barrels from

264 billion now and

enough global output

would be added in the

next three to four years

to restore “some margin

of safety” to oil markets.

“The problem is

getting the oil where it is

needed in the form it is

needed,” said Norrish.

The United States is los-

ing about two million

barrels of gasoline with

every day that passes

since Rita thundered onto

the Gulf coast, according

to the US Energy Infor-

mation Administration.

Seventeen refineries

remain offline.

MNA/Reuters

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YANGON, 29 Sept —

A ceremony to open the

seminar on post-graduate

medical studies organized

by Medical Science De-

partment of the Ministry

of Health was held at In-

ternational Business Cen-

tre on Pyay Road, here,

this morning.

Speaking on the

occasion, Minister for

Health Dr Kyaw Myint

said that the Ministry of

Health has drawn the na-

tional health plan, the ru-

ral health development

plan and the 30-year long-

term health plan in line

with the national health

policy for ensuring uplift

of health, fitness and edu-

cation standard of the en-

tire nation, which is one

of the social objectives,

and is striving for provid-

ing health care services to

the people in all parts of

the country including bor-

der areas and rural regions.

Especially, the

Ministry has implemented

the national education pro-

motion special four-years

plan (health sector) and

the education promotion

plan for universities and

training schools during the

period from year 2000 to

2004 successfully.

It is known to all

that the Government is

placing emphasis on hu-

man resource develop-

ment that plays an impor-

tant role in implementing

the health plans.

At present, new

universities have been

built and opened in ac-

cord with the needs of the

nation to nurture more and

more outstanding students

for development of human

resources. Beginning

2001, medical and its re-

lated universities under

the Ministry of Health are

giving training to the

trainees more than the

past. There are 14 medi-

cal institutes and 43 nurs-

ing, midwifery and nurs-

ing-related training

schools under the Minis-

try of Health. As medical

institutes under the Min-

istry of Health have been

conducting six items of

post-graduate diploma

courses, 29 masters

courses, seven PhD

courses and 30 Dr MedSc

courses, totalling 72, not

only doctors and dentists

but also nurses, pharma-

cists and pharmacologists

have the opportunity to

pursue modern and ad-

vanced medical courses.

Now, 1,585 post-

graduate diploma holders,

2,856 masters graduates,

30 PhDs and 90 DrMedSc

graduates have been nur-

tured. Post-graduate stu-

dents are being nurtured

at doctorate courses at

home, and the Govern-

ment makes arrange-

ments for the students to

learn modern medical sci-

ences at international

level. For enabling the

academic matters of

medical science in

Special Weather NewsLow pressure weakened

YANGON, 29 Sept— According to the observa-

tions at (06:30) hours MST today, the low pressure

area over Myanmar moved to the Northwest and

weakend. — MNA

YANGON, 29 Sept —

The Organizational De-

partment of the Myanmar

Women’s Affairs Federa-

tion held talks at No 3 In-

dustrial Zone in

Hlinethaya Township this

morning.

Speaking on the

occasion, Head of Organi-

zational Department Dr

Educative talks given to women workersof Hlinethaya Industrial Zone

Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo said

that MWAF was formed

with seven noble objec-

tives. More than a half of

population of the nation

is women. If the entire

women will be organized

as a national strength that

will serve interests of the

nation and the people, a

new peaceful, modern,

developed and discipline-

flourishing democratic

nation would be built. Al-

together six working

groups and six depart-

ments are formed under

MWAF. Furthermore,

women’s affairs organi-

zations are organized at

village, ward, township,

district and state/division

levels. The talks will be

given to women employ-

ees of Hlinethaya Indus-

trial Zone with a view to

enabling them to have

knowledge about func-

tions of MWAF and to

serve the interest of the

nation in their respective

sectors. It is necessary not

only for meeting success

in implementation of the

noble aims of the federa-

tion but also for the emer-

gence of the polite and

gentle women with dyna-

mism of patriotism . Only

when women will partici-

pate in the tasks of the

federation will the entire

women improve.

Secretary of the

Education Sub-Working

Group under the Social

and Cultural Working

Group Deputy Director of

Education Planning and

Training Department Daw

Kyi Kyi Hla gave a lec-

ture.

Two hundreds and

fifty women workers from

eight factories in

Hlinethaya Industrial

Zone and 50 executives of

Yangon Division, District

and Township WAOs, to-

talling 300 attended the

talks.

Next, Head of Or-

ganizational Department

Dr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo

and officials visited Tairi

International Footwear

Factory and cordially con-

versed with women work-

ers of the factory.

Myanmar to keep abreast

of international medical

science, the seminars on

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PAGE 7 YENANMYAY KO TIN

Life expectancy today is on the risedue to better diets, exercise, mental engage-ment, the advance in regenerative medicinesand the new pioneering sciences of restor-ing human organs.

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint addresses the opening ceremony of seminar on post-graduate medical studies. — MNA

Head of Organizational Department of MWAF Dr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo gives talks at No 3 Industrial Zone in Hlinethaya. — MWAF

At present, new universities havebeen built and opened in accord withthe needs of the nation to nurturemore and more outstanding studentsfor development of human resources.

Govt providing health care to peoplein all parts of country

International community acknowledges higher qualification ofMyanmar medical persons due to passing rate in medical exams abroad

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